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A guide to playing Overwatch 2 without a phone number
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When you start playing Overwatch 2, you are required to enter a phone number when setting up your Battle.net account. If you previously played the first Overwatch anytime after June 9, 2021, you can bypass this requirement with your current Battle.net credentials. Otherwise, there is unfortunately no way to get around this requirement. To make matters worse, the game does not accept many pre-paid plans or burner phone services. Although put in place as a security measure, it is an unfortunate restriction for those without a phone number or who rely on a pre-paid plan. This wikiHow article will offer a few alternatives.
Things You Should Know
- Only gamers who have played the first Overwatch game after 6/9/2021 can play without a phone number.
- The only way to get around the phone number requirement is to sign up for a burner phone service. Consider services such as Dingtone or MobileSMS.
- Not all pre-paid phone services are accepted on Battle.net. Consider using a Talktone phone number over Cricket or MetroPCS.
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Sign up for a temporary phone number. A few burner services allow you to generate a temporary phone number. Unfortunately, Blizzard has managed to block many of these from working. There are a few that claim to still work on Overwatch 2, however. -
Sign up for a compatible pre-paid plan. Not all pre-paid phone services are accepted on Battle.net. Blizzard has certain ID requirements for the phone carriers it accepts, although it is not totally clear what those are.- Users claim that MetroPCS and Cricket phone numbers are not accepted when registering for Battle.net.
- Other users claim that Talktone numbers will be accepted.
- Users claim that MetroPCS and Cricket phone numbers are not accepted when registering for Battle.net.
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